Trio charged over property offences, Cairns & Mossman

Category: Break Enter

A 20-year-old woman and two men aged 21 and 18 were due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court later today following a string of offences allegedly committed between Cairns, Port Douglas and Mossman over the weekend.  It is alleged the Cairns trio initially stole a Holden sedan from a Grafton Street carpark on Friday night before driving to Clifton Beach and forcing entry to a bottle shop where a quantity of liquor was stolen.  They then allegedly crashed the vehicle near Wangetti before travelling to Mossman by other means.  Once in Mossman it is alleged the group then forced entry to a number of business premises in Front Street and stole various property.  With the assistance of local residents, the trio were later located and arrested in a cane paddock near Newell Beach, north of Mossman.  They were charged with a total of 32 offences in relation to the various incidents